All Things Campfire
All things Campfire… We decided that with our new album Campfire we didn’t want to just create an album but also a movement to call people into something new and costly in their walk with God and with...
View ArticleThe Art Of Celebration
We sat there, buried under several feet of American Midwest snow, one week into the first tour of the year. Mugs of steaming tea in hand, sweaters dawned, and baby Arthur wrapped like an Eskimo, we let...
View ArticleComing Home
There’s nothing like coming home— that warm blanket of familiarity, full of friends and family (and proper sausages!) This homecoming is no different. But as we prepare for The Art of Celebration UK...
View ArticleA St. Patrick’s Day Devotional
Part of being from Northern Ireland, means being fiercely proud of our heritage. It also means we have a love for the many stories and legends of Saint Patrick. But our favourite story is one that’s...
View ArticleBoldly I Approach
We all know that feeling in the pit of your stomach when you know you’ve sinned. That gnawing ache that accompanies wrongdoing. Peter had to be feeling this sickening insecurity when he saw Jesus for...
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Community, Ministry, Life as an Introvert: an interview with Patrick
What was your earliest memory of playing in Rend Collective? It was at the Black Box in Belfast in 2008. It was our first ever gig. I distinctly remember spending about two hours after the show...
View ArticleFinding Treasure: Thoughts on the Robbery
We still don’t know who they are, the people who broke into our recording studio a few weeks ago. They were in such a rush, franticly grabbing whatever they could before bolting out the busted front...
View ArticlePower in Purpose– Talking About As Family We Go
It’s unbearably hot here in North Myrtle Beach, SC. No matter how much we turn down the temperature or turn up the AC, it still feels hot, like slowly glowing coals. The heat is one of the burning...
View ArticleScars: A Blog on How to Share Your Faith
Last week while playing at a church, we were asked what we think evangelism should look like. We weren’t prepared, and so the question took us a little off-guard (do you have a ready-to-go answer for...
View ArticleWhy We Won’t Say Christianity is Dead in the UK
How do you stay grounded? The question rises up above the congregation and lingers, challenging the atmosphere. For the past three years we’ve led a night (or three!) of worship here at our home church...
View ArticleAuthenticity is a State of Heart – Not a Style of Worship.
The prophet Elijah trembled in his cave as a mighty wind tore up the mountain. But the LORD was not in it. He cowered as an earthquake shook him to the core. But the Lord was not in it. An inexplicable...
View ArticleIn the Chaos You See Glory: A Guest Post from Urban Rescue
“I want to see what you see, come and rearrange me Let your love be my kaleidoscope.” Life has a way of throwing unpredictable circumstances at us that we can’t control. We experience loss, broken...
View ArticleJoyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee!
Joyful music leads us onward In the triumph song of life! Rejoice, rejoice our God is here with us Emmanuel our God is still with us. And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in...
View ArticleShining Light- A Christmas Devotional
You are a force, you are a constant source Yeah, you are a shining light Incandescent in the darkest night Yeah, you are a shining light Ash – Shining Light Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a...
View ArticleWhen God Feels Distant at Christmas
God of God, light of light Lo he abhors not the virgin’s womb; Very God begotten not created: O come let us adore him Christ the Lord – O Come All Ye Faithful And the angel answered her, “The Holy...
View ArticleAs Family We Go: More Than Just Music
Family. A word that can conjure up both joy and anguish at the same time. A word that means unconditional acceptance at the best of times, and rejection at the worst. We realise not everyone has a...
View ArticleLONDON VENUE CHANGE
Rend Family Records wishes to inform you that the upcoming London show of the ‘As Family We Go’ UK Tour taking place on Saturday 7th May 2016 is changing venue from the O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire. This...
View ArticleWhy We Get Scared To Rest
So this month we did something a bit scary: we took a few weeks off to rest. Other than a bit of a Christmas break, we as a band have never gone this long without touring in the middle of the summer...
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